A Johns Hopkins Department of the History of Art & Peabody Institute collaboration
Greek Tragedy in Image and Sound
Three world premieres...
A Johns Hopkins Department of the History of Art & Peabody Institute collaboration
Three world premieres...
Context before the program begins.
Scholars Rosa Andújar (Barnard College) and Athena Kirk (Cornell University) will join composers Kate Soper, Augusta Read Thomas, and Michael Hersch for a pre-concert talk moderated by Jennifer Stager. Free and open to the public.
Nine performers, drawn together for one evening.
Co-created by Jennifer Stager and Michael Hersch, The Roaring Tides is a three-part series of cross-disciplinary events that interleave art and music to bring people together through the concert hall, the lectern, the screen, and the page. Staging a dialogue between past and present, the programs frame interdisciplinary exploration of art and music through the lens of Greek tragedy, both because this genre historically incorporated music, visual art, and performance, and because tragedy’s exploration of the human condition has inspired so much subsequent creative work. Free and open to the public, the programming brings art and music together into fresh paradigms, constructing cohesive wholes where the uncertainties of our own present moment collide with our shared past.
The initial installment of the series staged a conversation between antiquity and the present through music and image probing how violence gets remembered and re-aestheticized over time. Featuring flutist Emi Ferguson, theorbist John Lenti, soprano Ah Young Hong, and violinist Miranda Cuckson amongst the performers.
Three new commissions are set alongside pieces drawn from four centuries of music engaging issues of mortality and loss.
The closing chapter travels the series abroad for the first time. Details to follow.
